Comic fosters wrong impressions and ignorance of Islamic intentions

In the Feb. 27 opinion pages there is a a particularly offensive cartoon
depicting the celebration of the anniversary of the "Islamic Revolution"
with exploding airplanes serving as the fireworks.

It is quite ironic that on July 3, 1988, a day before the commemoration
of another anniversary, it was a US warship, the Vincennes, that
provided a gruesome display of fireworks by shooting down a civilian
airliner over the Persian gulf. Imagine how distasteful it would be for
someone to imply that the American Revolution is observed by blowing up
passenger aircraft and that American festivities require killing hundreds
of innocent civilians.

Similarly, I resent the insinuation that Islam somehow encourages or
condones such acts. It is deplorable that The Tech allows itself to
serve as a vehicle for this insidious allegation which is utterly false and
totally misleading. It serves no purpose other than to malign and to
perpetuate the prevalent misunderstanding about Islam.

Evoking such degenerate imagery is unworthy of a newspaper at an
institution like MIT.